[fluff]

I really cannot find any way to understand what goes through the minds of people like this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6343693.stm

A couple who subjected their four-year-old disabled daughter to a systematic campaign of cruelty have been jailed for a total of 22 years.

 

[LordOpie]

We now have an explanation of n8.

 

[DRB]

Or this

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17046114/

Police on Thursday were searching for a teenager and his mother, who they say gave the boy a handgun after he lost a fight and told him to take revenge.

Oh you got your ass beat, then go shoot him. Here take this gun.

 

[LordOpie]

Oh you got your ass beat, then go shoot him. Here take this gun.

And now we have an explanation of Tattoo -- see the karma thread

 

[$tinkle]

I really cannot find any way to understand what goes through the minds of people like this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6343693.stm

A couple who subjected their four-year-old disabled daughter to a systematic campaign of cruelty have been jailed for a total of 22 years.

why'd you post this? i'm not busting your chops, just wondering why. i come across news like this & change the page/channel. sometimes, i really hate people.

 

[sanjuro]

there was a story today about a father who forced his 2 year old outside in the freezing cold to punish her, and she died of exposure....

 

[$tinkle]

there was a story today about a father who forced his 2 year old outside in the freezing cold to punish her, and she died of exposure....

that's the most recent one i was thinking about.

one of the few times i become pro-death penalty.

 

[Westy]

that's the most recent one i was thinking about.

one of the few times i become pro-death penalty.

Walked by the TV in the cafeteria at work and they were discussing the death penalty for child molestation. If what they say happens to child molesters in prison I say that is letting them off easy.

 

[stevew]

We now have an explanation of n8.

You really are a cvnt.

 

[fluff]

why'd you post this? i'm not busting your chops, just wondering why. i come across news like this & change the page/channel. sometimes, i really hate people.

That's a question I asked myself as I was posting it. I didn't come up with a good answer. You could ask the same question about a few other news items on here too, I guess.

As for the death penalty, I am against it on the grounds of not wishing to ever execute an innocent person, but I cannot see what good it does to let people such as these live.

 

[DRB]

As for the death penalty, I am against it on the grounds of not wishing to ever execute an innocent person, but I cannot see what good it does to let people such as these live.

I think that the protection of the innocent from execution needs to be the guiding force behind implementation of the death penalty. But I also believe that some folks by their actions forfeit their right to life in our society.

These two particular cases.... the parents would have a difficult time convincing me they had not crossed that line based on the current evidence.